Parked for too long and....
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Wife parked at the gym & we took the baby in for a swim but he was sick (only 16 wks old) after when he was being changed so we had to pop off get some bits from neighbouring shops to clean him up (after cleaning up the changing room).
The upshot is we overstayed our parking duration & they have an entry/exit camera.
I have read the sign there when it first went up & they charge around £230 fine.
Do we just have to accept it as a damned expensive swim?
The upshot is we overstayed our parking duration & they have an entry/exit camera.
I have read the sign there when it first went up & they charge around £230 fine.
Do we just have to accept it as a damned expensive swim?
The only ones you need to pay are council issued ones.
This sounds like a private parking company. They don't issue fines as such, but charge you for the inconvenience to them for you taking up a space in their client's car park. It should be seen more as an invoice rather than a fine. They'll get your details from the DVLA and send threatening letters and such but if you ignore these they'll go away after a time. Nobody has ever been taken to court for tickets like this as the company would have to prove the money they are trying to charge was a reasonable and accurate amount that there client lost, it would probably be more like a pound or two if anything. Because of this, they just rely on the less knowledgeable to pay up after they receive the notice.
This sounds like a private parking company. They don't issue fines as such, but charge you for the inconvenience to them for you taking up a space in their client's car park. It should be seen more as an invoice rather than a fine. They'll get your details from the DVLA and send threatening letters and such but if you ignore these they'll go away after a time. Nobody has ever been taken to court for tickets like this as the company would have to prove the money they are trying to charge was a reasonable and accurate amount that there client lost, it would probably be more like a pound or two if anything. Because of this, they just rely on the less knowledgeable to pay up after they receive the notice.
sebdangerfield said:
PS, don't reply. The company will then know they've got a bite and send loads and loads of more threatening and strongly worded letters. Even if you want to tell them where to go, don't! Just ignore it and they'll move onto easier prey!
Agreed.£230 is ridiculous.
Kentish said:
Wife parked at the gym & we took the baby in for a swim but he was sick (only 16 wks old) after when he was being changed so we had to pop off get some bits from neighbouring shops to clean him up (after cleaning up the changing room).
The upshot is we overstayed our parking duration & they have an entry/exit camera.
I have read the sign there when it first went up & they charge around £230 fine.
Do we just have to accept it as a damned expensive swim?
DO NOT REPLY, ignore all the letters, including the ones from credit recovery firms, they can't prove it was you, so they can't enforce the parking charge, and can't prove you owe them money so can't affect your credit rating, ignore and after 6 months and 10 threatening letters including threats of legal/court action they go away.The upshot is we overstayed our parking duration & they have an entry/exit camera.
I have read the sign there when it first went up & they charge around £230 fine.
Do we just have to accept it as a damned expensive swim?
Unless it's a council car park, in which case, appeal and offer to pay extra parking (couple of quid), ONLY IF IT IS COUNCIL RUN, which I doubt looking at the charge they are asking for!
fatvik said:
I'm curious, that story we had about the ASDA parking fine (where that chap hit the attendant); would the best thing to do have been to ignore the fine?
-FV
That would have been the second best thing to do.-FV
Best thing to do would have been not hitting the attendant
.Joking apart
, yes, ignore the fine.
snowdude2910 said:
I collect these from asda (OH parks in disabled when parent and child is full of non parents and it's raining) just ignore them and they dissapear after about 6 months
Ah, so because the parent and child spaces are taken it gives her the right take a disabled persons space, because it's raining?.What a blithering idiot she is
.Mini1275 said:
snowdude2910 said:
I collect these from asda (OH parks in disabled when parent and child is full of non parents and it's raining) just ignore them and they dissapear after about 6 months
Ah, so because the parent and child spaces are taken it gives her the right take a disabled persons space, because it's raining?.What a blithering idiot she is
.Mini1275 said:
snowdude2910 said:
I collect these from asda (OH parks in disabled when parent and child is full of non parents and it's raining) just ignore them and they dissapear after about 6 months
Ah, so because the parent and child spaces are taken it gives her the right take a disabled persons space, because it's raining?.What a blithering idiot she is
.snowdude2910 said:
I collect these from asda (OH parks in disabled when parent and child is full of non parents and it's raining) just ignore them and they dissapear after about 6 months
You come across of sounding proud of this. Personally I think your OH should be ashamed of herself. What gives her the right to park in a Disabled space (idiocy or self-importance are not disabilities BTW)Sorry, O/T
ETA that she parks in a disabled bay because of other lazy people??????
parapaul said:
No, it's because people who are blatantly NOT with children, but ARE too lazy to park a few metres further away, take up the Parent & Child spaces. No action is taken against them, so why shouldn't the same apply to the disabled spaces? I can honestly say that at any of my local supermarkets, I've never seen more than a few blue badges, yet there are maybe 20 or more disabled spaces right outside the main entrance.
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